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Originally Posted by Mutt
why is there so much autism these days - i swear i know 10 people who have an autistic child - when i was young I knew of only one, the brother of a friend. has to be something - maybe it's just being diagnosed more accurately today.
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Chances are you knew a lot more than that, but no one knew it.
Even now many cases go undiagnosed.
Ever have a "special ed" classroom in your school? Some class with "special" kids in it that were just slow, bad at socializing.... what ever?
People still don't know much about autism, back then most people didn't even know it existed. They just knew that something "wasn't right" with some people.
So in short, it's not new that so many people have it. It's just new that we're able to recognize it and name it.